{"id":7777,"date":"2005-08-15T09:01:24","date_gmt":"2005-08-15T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/08\/15\/the-lutheran-vote.html"},"modified":"2005-08-15T09:01:24","modified_gmt":"2005-08-15T16:01:24","slug":"the_lutheran_vo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/15\/the_lutheran_vo.html","title":{"rendered":"The Lutheran vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not much I can say about the Lutheran vote to restrict gays in their priesthood to only those being celibate<\/a>, and to remain conflicted over same-sex blessings. Given all the brouhaha within the Episcopal Church on the matter over the last number of years, and the general alignment between ECUSA and ELCA, I can neither throw stones nor be too surprised. The vote was close<\/a>, though, and the matter certainly won’t go away any time soon (and I suspect hopes for keeping the denomination intact over this are as problematic as they are with the Episcopalians). <\/p>\n

(via Ginny<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not much I can say about the Lutheran vote to restrict gays in their priesthood to only those being celibate, and to remain conflicted over same-sex blessings. 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